abstained

英 [əbˈsteɪnd]

美 [əbˈsteɪnd]

v.  (投票时)弃权; 戒; 戒除; 离开; 回避　
abstain的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 戒绝；抑制
  If youabstain fromsomething, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
  1. Abstain from sex or use condoms...
     禁绝性事或使用安全套。
  2. Do you drink alcohol, smoke, or abstain?
     你喝酒抽烟吗，还是烟酒不沾？
• VERB （投票时）弃权
  If youabstainduring a vote, you do not use your vote.
  1. Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote.
     三位保守党下院议员投了弃权票。

双语例句

• Sixty MPs abstained in the vote on capital punishment.
  在表决死刑时，60位下议院议员弃权。
• I've abstained from smoking for two years.
  我已经戒烟两年了。
• Some of the debt-holders, including several hedge funds, abstained from the vote.
  有些债权人，包括几个秘密基金，都投了弃权票。
• One-fourth of deputies voted no or abstained from voting to the report.
  四分之一对工作报告投反对或弃权票。
• In the referendum many people abstained.
  在这次公民投票中有许多人弃权。
• They collectively abstained ( from voting) in the elections for local councilors.
  他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。
• The US, the UK, France and Russia voted for the proposal and China abstained.
  美、英、法、苏投了赞成票，中国弃权。
• At the last election he abstained ( from voting/ the vote).
  上次选举时他弃权了（没投票）。
• China had abstained from voting on the UN Security Council resolution to impose a no-fly zone over Libya along with Russia, India and Brazil.
  在联合国安理会关于设定禁飞区的决议中，中国和俄罗斯、印度、巴西，投了弃权票。
• ( EU countries abstained and the US voted against.) But there is something formulaic about the condemnation.
  （欧盟各成员国弃权，美国投了反对票。）然而，对以色列的谴责有些模式化。